Unscored severity · published Dec 5, 2014
CVE-2014-6040
GNU C Library (aka glibc) before 2.20 allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read and crash) via a multibyte character value of "0xffff" to…
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CVSS
6.6%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
GNU C Library (aka glibc) before 2.20 allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read and crash) via a multibyte character value of "0xffff" to the iconv function when converting (1) IBM933, (2) IBM935, (3) IBM937, (4) IBM939, or (5) IBM1364 encoded data to UTF-8.
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)6.6% · higher than 94% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
GL
Glibc · Gnu
through 2.19; 2.0; 2.0.1; 2.0.2; 2.0.3; 2.0.4; +23 more · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2014-6040
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2014-6040
linux.oracle.com
http://linux.oracle.com/errata/ELSA-2015-0016.html
secunia.com
http://secunia.com/advisories/62100
secunia.com
http://secunia.com/advisories/62146
Patch
http://ubuntu.com/usn/usn-2432-1
Vendor Advisory
http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3142
www.mandriva.com
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2014:175
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